Rosetta - Post Separation Ops at Comet 67P C-G, November 14, 2014 - |
Rosetta - Post Separation Ops at Comet 67P C-G, November 14, 2014 - |
Nov 14 2014, 05:17 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2091 Joined: 13-February 10 From: Ontario Member No.: 5221 |
I think I heard it mentioned during the press conference today, (I can't find it now), about Rosetta itself possibly landing eventually, similar to what NEAR did at the end of the main mission at Eros? Since it's not like there's anywhere else to go with the remaining delta-v left by the end of 2015, and sunlight levels and activity starting to drop after perihelion, and the low gravity makes the difference between orbiting and 'landing' trivial. The whole thing would weigh a kilo or two, right?
Obviously there's a few more pressing concerns right now, but it's something to eventually think about. |
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Apr 14 2016, 04:09 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 244 Joined: 2-March 15 Member No.: 7408 |
There have been some releases I haven't posted about (and still won't) but I wanted to point out that, this morning, shape models were published to PSA.
ftp://psa.esac.esa.int/pub/mirror/INTERNA...67P-SHAPE-V1.0/ ftp://psa.esac.esa.int/pub/mirror/INTERNA...67P-SHAPE-V1.0/ There are 3 different models. There is one by LAM (Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille), created using Multi-Resolution StereoPhotoClinometry by Deformation; there is one by ESA, created using StereoPhotoClinometry; and there is one by LSA and PSI (Planetary Science Institute), created by StereoPhotoClinometry. Here's one of the screenshots included under the DOCUMENT/PREVIEW_IMAGES directory: |
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